Cast iron pot

[kendall yates]

Who sells large cast iron pots? I have looked everywhere locally and found nothing but skilliets. Please help.

[runfiverun]

lodge,makes quality pots that hold about 80 lbs of lead.
5quart size iirc.
i have a hodji pot that looks like a witches cauldron and holds about 120 ingots.
but you need a buncha heat for it.

[DLCTEX]

Harbor Freight sells some Dutch Oven pots for cheap.

[kendall yates]

Picked up one from Harbor freight today. Last one on the shelf. Thanks for the help.

[jforwel]

Any outdoor equipment store should carry cast iron cookware.

[snaggdit]

I got lucky and picked up a lodge dutch oven at Wallyworld on clearance for $13 last fall.

[ghh3rd]

I got a new in the box 5 qt from someone on Craigs list for $19 - he decided it wouldn't be suitable for the type of bread that he bakes :-)

[Avery Arms]

I have been using a .50 ammo can:-D


PP

[Netherwolf]

I made one by cutting off the top half of a 20# propane tank. Haven't had a chance to use it yet so I don't know how much it holds but it looks like it'll hold alot.. On a side note, I got it from the scrap yard for free. They won't pay anything for them because they can't sell 'em unless they take the valves off & cut 'em in half - too much work for them. They had a large pile of them with the valves already removed just waiting to be cut in half. I can get all I want & thought about making up a few to sell here but I think the shipping cost would quash the deal.
Netherwolf

[kendall yates]

The pot from harbor freight seem like its is pretty well made. I will find out later today when i make some WW ingots.

[imashooter2]

My Harbor Freight Dutch oven experience:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=14098

The second one has given me good service though...

[ozzy1038]

$24.00 dollars at harbor freight for a 6qt.

[putteral]

I got lucky at a garage sale. It was a 6 qt like new for $5.

[Beerd]

In my garage I have piles of casting stuff, hunting stuff, fishing stuff, camping stuff, you get the idea. I keep my Dutch Ovens and steel fry pans for their intended use, cooking. Some day (way in the future I hope) there is going to be an Estate Sale. I don't want some unknowing person to pick up my smelting pot and take it home to make chilli for the famliy. So, I use a cut off propane tank to melt down wheel weights & other scrap. They are free, work real good and hold a bunch of Pb.
..

[imashooter2]

LOL! Any idiot that uses my lead flecked smelting Dutch oven for cooking is already brain dead. The lead won't make a bit of difference.

[Old Ironsights]

Honestly... how much lead gets absorbed by a cast iron pot? Clean it up good and heat it nearly red then clean it again, this time with coarse salt.

I do that to used cast iron regardless. Who knows what it was used for...

[C A Plater]

http://www.agrisupply.com (http://www.agrisupply.com/Default.asp?bhcd2=1235015567) has a cheap cast iron pots of various sizes.

[Dale53]

Here is my Harbor Freight 12" (6 Quart) Dutch Oven in use:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj80/Dale53/QWinter2009andleadsmelting-1767.jpg

I did 600+ lbs in it yesterday. It was listed at $20.00 yesterday.

Dale53

[keebo52]

I made one by cutting off the top half of a 20# propane tank.

How do you safely cut the tank in half? I need a larger smelting pot and have access to some 20# propane tanks. I would like to make one but I also want to keep all my hands, arms, legs, head, etc.

[Beerd]

The one I used was sitting around in the sun for a month or more with the valve removed. Just in case, I filled it with water to make sure all the flamables were gone. Using the weld line as a guide, I chewed it in half with a metal blade in a skill saw.

Old Ironsights, You are probly right, I worry too much.
..

[superior]

Good will thrift store, 5 bucks if you're lucky.

[Netherwolf]

How do you safely cut the tank in half? I need a larger smelting pot and have access to some 20# propane tanks. I would like to make one but I also want to keep all my hands, arms, legs, head, etc.

The safest way is to remove the valve completely before cutting it in half - might even want to let it set that way for 2 or 3 days. As for the actual cutting, I used a hand-held electric die grinder &, like someone else said, used the weld line as a guide.

Netherwolf
P.S. Pay yer money & take yer chances.

[Adk Mike]

I cut off a propane tank myself. I welded a couple handles on it so I could pick it up etc. I also have a ladle from an old Blacksmith shop holds about nine lbs. I cleaned up a lot of lead with that setup last week. Mike